Abraham Lincoln Quotes

"What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself."

"I am for the people of the whole nation doing just as they please in all matter which concern the whole nation; for those of each part doing just as they choose in all matters which concern no other part; and for each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else."

"If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax"

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

"If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what you will, is the great high-road to his reason, and which, when once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing his judgment of the justice of your cause."

"Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward."

"I walk slowly, but I never walk backward"

"Whatever you are, be a good one."

"Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories."

"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."

"A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade"

"An old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that it was not best to swap horses when crossing a stream."

"You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time."

"Avoid popularity if you would have peace."

"A lawyer's advice is his stock and trade."

"If you do not like him, let him alone. If God gave him little, that little let him enjoy."

"As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured by interest, and next no one left to borrow from - so must it be with a new government"

"Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built."

"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature."

"We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, wi"